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Show of THE TOWN OF CRESCENT and IT'S EARLY SETTLERS Crescent is a quiet little town between Sandy on the north land &and Draper on the South, South I (9BOO \ 9800 South to 1 111 BOO 800 So. SO. Il's II's boundary on the east is the Wesatch Wasatch mountains mountains,I and on the west the Jordan River. II It Is is about 18 1 B miles from Salt Lake City. State Street runs directly through the center of it, it I north and south. DEDICATION This book is dedicated 10 to the Men and Women who came 10 to this part of Salt Lake Valley and built their homes, cleared and irrgigaled irrgigated Ihe the land, land. made II 'Blossom as Ihe the Rose,' Rose, I ,hal Ihat we, their decendants, decendants. might enjoy the results 01 their labors, II any Pioneer labors. not been mentioned, It Is a slip of the pen, has nol and nol not of the heart. . inlormation has been oblalned obtained Irom Tnis inlormalion from the Church Archives and records, records. family hlslorles, histories, and fond memories. W. We are grateful 10 to those who have conlrlbuled contributed Informallon il Information or helped in any way 10 to make it possible 10 to compile thla this book. A special tribute to the members of "Creacent "Crescent Daughters of Ihe Plonee,.a", for their untiring the Utah Pioneers". .IIort5, ellorts. thai that thla this book could be realized. Complied Compiled by Grace Brown John80n Johnson 11162-64 2367 l. I. Salt Lake Valley, they When the Pioneers first entered Sail Valley.they naturally settled and made their homes hbmes where the mountain streams could be diverted into Irrigation ditches to water the land and where they could build saw mills to make the timbers from the mountains into lumber for homes, homes. stores, stores. factories and numerous other things such a new frontler frontier the would need. Each year more emigrants came into Ihe valley and the Mill Creek and Cottonwood areas were becoming more conjested so that Brigham Young advised more people to move west and south in the valley and reclaim the land and make homes. In the middle 50's a man by the name of Draper followed the foothills to the south east part of the valley seeking grazing land for horses and cows he cared for. Whether whether he herded for others these were his own stock or "","ether history did not state, but he found tall grass, grass. "up to their bellies", and some small streams from ICorner 'Corner Canyon', Canyon'. flowing over the land. Soon a few families began to move IIDrapervlfle II".I after the Into the area and they named It IIDrapervllle man who first came there. . Also about this time a man by the name of Sell, Sell. moved a little north of there and homesteaded a piece of land and called It Dry Creek, Creek I as the Creek carried the spring runoff 'I"om from the east mountains In the early spring but dried up after the run-off. This tract of land was between what is 10000 south to 1 0300 south. He hauled logs from the now 10000 10300 mountains and buill built a four room two story log house as neal" as I can find out. near This was the first house north of the Point of the Mountain on State Street. He welcomed travellers and let them rest at his home. In 1860, 1860 I as the people began 10 South I Brigham to move South, Young sent four men to go to the Jordan Narrows to sur\lVere possible to bring water from Utah vey and see If " It were Lake Into. the-vaUey. Promoters of this project were James R .Allen. Henry Day of Draper area and Henry W. Brown Srown,I of the Cottonwood area. When this project became a certainty, certainty I then It it was that the people could begin to move here and settle. (This Is taken from 'Tales 'Teles of a triumphant people'.A history o' of Salt Lake County. 1847-1900) 1B47-1900) D/l!J~HiERS D/lU~KilRS Of UTAH PI(H~~Fr.S |
